My apologies to the regular readers for not posting for so long. The above is a placefiller. But I'm so proud of the guy. Go MIT! Go India! :)
The hit counter on my blog reached 20074 today. Why you may ask, is that news, and why hadn't I cheered myself up when it was at 20,000 for example? Well, it is news because 20074 has been a very special number for me during my entire college life: it was my admission number, and my system-wide unique identity. It is strange, and surprising, how these numbers become a part of our identity. The social security number, the passport number, the id number in the college, or even your roll number somehow becomes an almost innate part of the day-to-day life. As soon as I see the same number somewhere else: maybe on a telephone, on a hitcounter, maybe somewhere else... a thousand memories are triggered. As my eyes struck the hitcounter showing 20074 right now, I was thrown back to memories of filling up exam answer sheets, hostel admission forms, library recall requests, and so much more! I believe that number was present on almost every official form which I filled in college: even when
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ReplyDeleteCool. It seems like the next thing coming up...
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ReplyDelete..and the guy who developed this is Pranav Mistry:http://pranavmistry.com/
Had seen his webpage long ago.. a Microsoft guy...
yaay... go Indian go..!
ReplyDelete..and the guy who developed this is Pranav Mistry:http://pranavmistry.com/
Had seen his webpage long ago.. a Microsoft guy...
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